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Other Brazilian pairs seeking Moscow success
- Updated: May 25, 2016
Moscow, Russia, May 25, 2016 – While the spotlight in the men’s competition focuses on the Brazilian Olympic pairs of Alison Cerutti/Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Evandro Goncalves/Pedro Solberg, two other teams from the South American country will be battling for men’s podium spots in the US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam.
With the Alison/Bruno and Evandro/Pedro pairs seeded first and fourth, respectively, in the FIVB World Tour event, the 21st-seeded Vitor Felipe/Alvaro Filho and 25th-seeded qualifiers Andre Loyola/Ricardo Santos have already made a name for themselves this week at the Vodny Stadium Beach Sports Centre as the Russian capital hosts the international circuit for the ninth-straight season.
Vitor and Alvaro posted Wednesday’s biggest surprise by defeating 12th-seeded and defending Moscow Grand Slam champions Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera of Spain 2-0 (21-17, 21-19) in a 37-minute Pool E match. It was the second win over the Spaniards for Vitor and Alvaro, who scored a 2-0 (21-16, 2-18) Pool E win in 40 minutes at the mid-March Rio Grand Slam on Copacabana.
Spain vs. Brazil Wednesday
The Brazilian pair concludes group action Thursday against fifth-seeded Reinder Nummerdor/Christiaan Varenhorst of The Netherlands and 28th-seeded qualifiers Sebastian Fuchs/Stefan Windscheif of Germany. Vitor and Alvaro, who placed ninth in their last international start at the start of May in Fortaleza, Brazil, will be playing both teams for the first-time on the FIVB World Tour.
“It is good to be back playing again on the international tour,” said the 25-year old Alvaro, who placed second at the 2013 FIVB World Championships in Poland with Ricardo and fifth in the 2015 world finals in The Hague with Vitor. “Beating the Spaniards is important because they are one of the top teams in the world. Despite playing only once in the last three weeks, we felt very relaxed and rested in our match today. We have two very tough matches tomorrow, so we have to be ready.”
Vitor and Alvaro placed ninth in the 2015 Moscow Grand Slam by winning three of eight matches. Alison and Bruno eliminated their compatriots from the Vodny Stadium Beach Sports …
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